"Judge halts deal in email case against Pa. Supreme Court Justice Eakin": Wallace McKelvey of The Patriot-News of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania has an article that begins, "A judge in the offensive email case against Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin prevented a deal from being presented Thursday during a hearing Thursday afternoon."Posted at 04:20 PM by Howard Bashman

Thursday, February 25, 2016

"3 appeals court jurists to hear Brady case appeal next week": The Associated Press has a report that begins, "Three federal judges will hear the NFL's appeal of the lifting of New England quarterback Tom Brady's four-game suspension in 'Deflategate' next week."Posted at 04:18 PM by Howard Bashman

"After Scalia: A Single Supreme Court Justice Can Impede Progress, Influence Our Discourse." Sherrilyn A. Ifill has this essay online at The Root.Posted at 04:06 PM by Howard Bashman

Thursday, February 25, 2016

"Judicial ethics board thwarts Eakin's attempt at a settlement in Porngate": Craig R. McCoy And Angela Couloumbis of The Philadelphia Inquirer have a news update that begins, "The judicial ethics court that will decide the fate of embattled Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin on Thursday thwarted an attempt by the judge and his accusers to negotiate a settlement in the Porngate case."

"Obama Could Taunt the Senate as FDR Did": Online at Bloomberg View, law professor Noah Feldman has an essay that begins, "President Barack Obama insisted that his post to Scotusblog on Wednesday about his criteria for a U.S. Supreme Court nominee was 'spoiler free.' But he may have been protesting a bit too much."Posted at 01:18 PM by Howard Bashman

"Writ of Fido: The Supreme Court looks at how robbing a drug dealer can trip the Hobbs Act's commerce provision and bring a petty thief a lot of federal trouble." Law professor Garrett Epps has this essay online at The Atlantic.Posted at 01:06 PM by Howard Bashman

"A scheme to say how land is used: The Environmental Progection Agency is perched to become the nation's zoning board." Online at The Washington Times, John Block has an essay that begins, "It sounds like a bad dream -- a really bad dream -- but in a matter of days or at most weeks the Environmental Protection Agency could become our national zoning board. Some say that, with the passing of Justice Antonin Scalia, the chances just became much bigger."Posted at 01:02 PM by Howard Bashman

"What's Going On With The Supreme Court Nomination Process: Everything you need to know about this very weird situation." Chris Geidner of BuzzFeed News has this report.Posted at 12:48 PM by Howard Bashman

"Meet Marc Zwillinger: Apple's secret weapon in its battle against the FBI; Marc Zwillinger used to be a prosecutor for the DoJ -- but now he is a go-to tech lawyer for Silicon Valley companies fighting against government surveillance." Danny Yadron of The Guardian (UK) has this report.Posted at 08:55 AM by Howard Bashman

Thursday, February 25, 2016

"Past critics embrace Schumer, McConnell in SCOTUS fight; With the backing of their respective bases, both have a stronger hand in a fight that will shape the top court in the land": Burgess Everett of Politico.com has this report.Posted at 08:52 AM by Howard Bashman

"Deal seen in the works for embattled Justice Eakin": In today's edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Angela Couloumbis and Craig R. McCoy have a front page article that begins, "Embattled Pennsylvania Supreme Court Justice J. Michael Eakin faces a hastily called hearing Thursday that experts say points to a likely deal on charges that he violated judicial ethics rules through his involvement in the pornographic emails scandal."

"ACLU plans challenge to ruling finding no First Amendment right to film police": In today's edition of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Jeremy Roebuck has a front page article that begins, "Civil rights lawyers said Wednesday that they intend to appeal a federal court ruling in Philadelphia that citizens do not necessarily have a right protected by the First Amendment to record police activity."